- MG 45
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MG45 Type General Purpose Machine Gun Place of origin 
GermanyService history In service 1944-1945 Wars World War 2 Production history Designed 1944 Manufacturer Mauser Specifications Weight 9 kg (20 lb) Cartridge 8x57mm IS Barrels 1 Action Recoil Rate of fire 1350~1500 rounds per minute Muzzle velocity 2,745 ft/sec. Effective range 400 yards Maximum range 4km Feed system 75 round drum magazine/belt Sights Iron The MG 45 (also known as the MG42V) was a machine gun based on the MG 42, which was developed but not fielded by the German Army in 1944.
Overview
The MG 45 differed from the MG 42 in that it did not completely lock its breech before firing, increasing its rate of fire and simplifying its construction.[1] In 1945, the material shortages of the Third Reich led to the development of a newer version of the MG 42, the MG 45 (or MG 42V). This had a different operation mechanism that used delayed blowback as opposed to roller locking. For this reason, the MG 45 is considered a different type of firearm, as the mechanisms of these two guns are different. It used steel of lesser quality, which reduced weight to 9 kg, while retaining the horizontal cocking handle. First tests were undertaken in June 1944, but development dragged on and eventually only ten were built. The tested MG 45/42V fired 120,000 rounds in succession at a rate of fire around 1,350 rounds per minute. The MG 42V had some influence in the post-war development of roller-delayed blowback system, as employed in modern Heckler & Koch small arms.
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See also
German firearms and light weapons of World War IISide arms (Pistolen) Mauser C96 · Luger · Walther P38 · Walther PP and PPK · Sauer 38H · Mauser HSc · Dreyse M1907 Pistol · VolkspistoleRifles & carbines (Gewehre & Karabiner) Karabiner 98k · G 24(t) · G 33/40(t) · G 98/40 · Gewehr 41 · Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43 · MP 43/MP 44/StG 44 · FG 42 · M30 Luftwaffe drilling · StG 45(M) · VG 1-5 · Wimmersperg Spz-krSubmachine guns (Maschinenpistolen) Machine guns & other larger weapons MG 08 · VMG-27 · Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 · MG 13 · MG 15 · MG 26 · MG 30 · MG 34 · MG 42 · MG 45 · IMG 28 · MG 35/36A · Faustpatrone · Raketen-Panzerbüchse 43 · Panzerfaust · Panzerschreck · Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust · Flammenwerfer 35 · Einstossflammenwerfer 46 · Panzerbüchse 39 · Solothurn S-18/1000Mortars (Granatwerfer) Grenades (Granaten) Notable foreign-made infantry weapons German-made cartridges used by the Wehrmacht 8×57mm IS · 7.63×25mm Mauser · 8x33mm Kurz · 7.65×22mm Parabellum · 9×19mm Parabellum · 13.2×92mmSR · 7.92×94mmGeneral Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG) 2B-P-10 · AA-52 · AEK-999 · FN MAG · Heckler & Koch HK21 · Heckler & Koch HK121 · M60 · Mekanika Uirapuru · MG 34 · MG 42 · MG 51 · Pecheneg · PK · MG3 · SIG MG 50 · SIG MG 710-3 · S&T Daewoo K12 · Sumitomo NTK-62 · Type 67 · Type 80 · Type 88 · Uk vz. 59 · UKM-2000 · Vektor SS-77 · Zastava M84Categories:- Third Reich last ditch weapons
- Trial and research firearms
- Machine guns of Germany
- Medium machine guns
- General-purpose machine guns
- World War II German infantry weapons
- 8 mm machine guns
- World War II machine guns
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